10 cards
Celtic Cross
The classic ten-card spread for a deep look at a situation: its heart, its challenge, its roots, its surroundings, and the inner and outer forces at play. Best when you have time to sit with it.
Good for
- a deep dive
- a significant life question
- journaling over several days
The positions, in the order they are laid
The heart
The core of the situation as it stands.
The crossing
What challenges or complicates the heart of the matter.
The foundation
The roots of the situation; what lies beneath.
The recent past
What has just passed and still echoes.
What is possible
A potential or aspiration hovering above the situation; what you may be reaching for.
What is approaching
An energy or theme coming into view to reflect on, not a prediction.
Your stance
How you are holding yourself in relation to all this.
Your surroundings
The people, environment, and outside influences around you.
Hopes and fears
What you most want and most worry about, which are often two faces of the same thing.
Where it points
The direction the whole spread leans, offered as a synthesis to consider rather than an outcome.